Would you like your kids going to school like this? I see too many situations where kids have no choice but to walk near or through construction sites. In one of these locations a child was killed. We only got to know because some villagers told us discreetly. Of course the contractor knew nothing. One …
It is sometimes difficult to convey or understand what we mean by competency. Competency in what? How broad, deep or profound is the competency? How do we measure or gauge competency? Is it a binary yes/no; you have it or you don’t? Is competency tempered by our differing cultural values? Or is there a universal …
An associated facility financed by another bank. This new road replaces ones that will be inundated when a reservoir fills. I’m not an engineer but; shoring up new construction with stone gabions stacked so high? O and M costs in the future? Risk of catastrophic failure and loss of life? This is where engineering and …
A commonly used phrase which serves us well when considering resettlement, compensation and livelihood restoration issues, and when things go south; remedy. It is not easy to write guidance that covers all possibilities for project stakeholders; including the Borrower/Client. How do we handle scenarios where three vendors ‘timeshare’ an informal market spot? Each selling different …